Difficult not to get carried away and start to think what if… The contracts/January sale thing and the worry of Tony’s Tombola getting dusted off is (just about)keeping my feet on the ground at the minute. Who’d have thought we’d be anywhere near this position when we sold Armstrong! It’s a nice feeling to be looking forward to the football again with a positive vibe.

My thoughts exactly. We’ve quite often in the past not given players a chance after a decent showing. Could prove to be an awesome bit of loan business, when it looked like a waste. I want to give credit to the manager, but it almost feels like somethings seem to turn into positives against his doings. Anyway, let’s just hopefully embrace it and hope it’s not a flash in the pan.

Football Focus once again missing a trick 😂

Lineup It’s nice to say that I’m happy with a line up 🙂 Puts me in a more positive mood before kick off! Last week I was whinging about the same line up! I would love P&K to prove me even more wrong today ☺️

He often clicks play match and then has a snooze until the game pauses at half time/full time.

I thought they all brought packed lunches and thermos flasks on the JW upper? 😉 They’ve always been slow serving. I remember seeing a four pint pourer at Stockport County during the Souness years, they even had pints ready poured! Then you’d get back to Ewood and it’d take 15 minutes at half time to get a drink you’d have to down in one! 😂

When I was naughty as a kid I just missed out on my spends or got grounded, this is an entirely different level of punishment! Seriously though, I hope we’re all shocked and they have a great memory of their first match. When it’s going well nothing can beat watching your team at the ground, learning songs, taking in the emotions, surrounded by people with the same love as you. I had a great time growing up with Rovers, I saw us be the best time in the country with the worlds best striker. When that time passed even when we weren’t the best we fought and battled against the best and made sure they had to put in a serious shift to beat us. We had players that wowed us, playing for the shirt, managers we could get behind and respect. That magical match day feeling is long gone for me, but hopefully we’ll see better times at Ewood in the future again.

I wasn’t really surprised, definitely confirms we’ve just started one of our regular death spirals and he’s got his Tombola out again.

Dream team indeed 😂 The dinner ladies 😂

Got changed on the plane 🙂

Wonder if we could send Gallagher? 😂

If our local journalists weren’t so shit scared to ask the right questions we’d probably know this. Can’t imagine the M.E.N. not asking the right questions to the Manchester clubs they report on.

Tyler Megashite more like.

That kit was definitely jinxed. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6214992.bohinens-red-missed/

I enjoyed the second the most, great to see some nice wing play with a good old fashioned cross. As @chaddyrovers said the fourth was also great, the front three combining well. Nice to see Gallagher using his height well, which he doesn’t always do, with a lovely knock down.

Gallagher surprised me today too. I’m his biggest critic, especially after his shocker in his last match, but he did well today. Hopefully added confidence can push him on like Amigo Díaz!

It’s secured his wine for the season 😉

So happy for Big Ben, such a likeable lad and is a different player when he’s full of confidence.

Ah okay, thanks. I thought Tony was doing a Tony

Has he just put a left back in the midfield?

Was that the match were the pitch was half covered in snow and it turned out Lars Bohinen was colourblind and couldn’t see the red ball when it was on the green areas of the pitch? I think Sutton played as CB that day too? I loved the away kit that season, but I don’t think we won many games wearing it!

Mowbray happened…

Gallagher was so frustrating, so many forward moves broke down when the ball was played to him. Absolutely dog shit. Worse than Ashley Ward.

We need wingers to play up front so we can play our forwards on the wing.

He was a raw gem when we signed him, loads of potential. I don’t think this has been managed and nurtured enough.